ONLINE RESOURCES
VentureBeat.com
Founder Matt Marshall covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News until he left in Sept. 2006 to launch VentureBeat as an independent company. In 2008, the New York Times called VentureBeat one of the “best blogs on the Web,” and now the NYT runs VentureBeat’s articles on its Web site.
http://www.venturebeat.com/
TheFunded.com is an online community of entrepreneurs to research, rate, and review funding sources worldwide. In addition, TheFunded.com allows entrepreneurs to view and share term sheets, to assist one another finding good investors, and to discuss the many facets of operating a business.
http://www.thefunded.com
Entrepreneur Magazine
The well-known magazine and online resource for the business community.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/interstitial/default.html
The Vault
From Accounting to Venture Capital, Vault’s industry overviews give you the insider research, community, and career tools you need to stay ahead.
http://www.vault.com
VCCircle is a fast growing news website tracking India’s investment economy. Its focus areas include venture capital, private equity, investment banking, mergers, acquisitions, corporate law, and entrepreneurship. VCCircle.com is owned by Mosaic Media Ventures Pvt Ltd, a Delhi-based company.
http://www.vccircle.com
BLOGS AND COMMUNITIES
Guy Kawasaki’s blog – How to Change the World. A practical guide for impractical people. Ongoing articles from the former Apple evangelist and well-known venture capitalist.
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/
Ask the VC
Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson are the co-authors of AsktheVC. Brad and Jason have been working together since and they started writing together on Brad’s Feld Thoughts blog in 2005 with their Term Sheet series. After several other series about issues facing venture capital backed companies, Jason and Brad decided to start AsktheVC. Brad and Jason are co-founders and managing directors of the Foundry Group located in Boulder, Colorado. Jason also blog at Mendelson’s Musings.
http://www.askthevc.com/blog/
Silicon Alley Insider
Launched on July 19, 2007, and led by DoubleClick founders Dwight Merriman and Kevin Ryan and former top-ranked Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget, this site provides ongoing news and insights into the tech venture space.
http://www.businessinsider.com/alleyinsider
David Lerner’s blog
The latest musings from this Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Director of Columbia University Venture Lab/Spin-Off program, Event Organizer, Golfer-in-Exile, and Blogger.
http://www.davidblerner.com/
ASSOCIATIONS
The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), comprised of more than 450 member firms, is the premier trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry. NVCA’s mission is to foster greater understanding of the importance of venture capital to the U.S. economy, and support entrepreneurial activity and innovation. The NVCA represents the public policy interests of the venture capital community, strives to maintain high professional standards, provides reliable industry data, sponsors professional development, and facilitates interaction among its members. The association’s Web site provides links to many major regional venture capital associations around the world. Click on “Resources” to see list.
http://www.nvca.org
For 33 years the Venture Capital Institute has offered to more than 4,400 venture capital professionals what is viewed as both a “required course” for newcomers to the industry and an excellent continuing professional education program for those already involved. The Venture Capital Institute (VCI) is an intense, four-day, in-residence program conducted by experienced venture capital managers, investors, and attorneys who are recognized experts in their fields and committed to sharing their knowledge and experiences.
http://www.vcinstitute.org/
European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) includes a searchable directory of member companies by business type, company name, and location. Also includes listing of other venture capital associations in the region.
http://www.evca.com/
EVENTS
Venture Summit Silicon Valley is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political, and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. The Venture Summit features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers, and research analysts in keynote presentations and panel debates. The Venture Summit will also host 14 Best of Breed CEO Showcases handpicked from the AlwaysOn annual top 100 private company list and 36 other qualified six-minute CEO pitches from companies seeking later-stage capital or potential acquirers.
http://alwayson.goingon.com/ecom/productview/19291
Also check out the calendar of events from the National Venture Capital Association:
http://www.nvca.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=categoryevents&id=2&Itemid=156
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